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On Grange Lane, in Formby Central & Freshfield South
What it's like at L37 7BR: every home that has sold on Grange Lane since 1995 and who owns them, what's happening down the road, crime on the street, a day in the life, history on the doorstep and what's changing nearby. Moving, buying, selling, improving or investing? Pick a lens above for what matters to you.
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Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
ORR, DfE, police.uk, OS Terrain 50 and Open Greenspace, Forestry Commission, Defra noise maps (England), Xoserve. Every distance: Moving; radon, ground and flood checks: Buying.
3 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Grange Lane; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 20 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 3, Grange LaneDetached | Oct 2002 | £245,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4, Grange LaneDetached | Feb 2005 | £900,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 5, Grange LaneDetached | Jun 2001 | £216,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 6, Grange LaneDetached | Feb 2010 | £385,000 | 221 m² | £1,742/m² | 1 |
| 7, Grange LaneDetached | Dec 2006 | £410,000 | 203 m² | £2,020/m² | 2 |
| 8, Grange LaneDetached | Jul 2024 | £3,900,000 | 950 m² | £4,105/m² | 1 |
| 9, Grange LaneDetached | Sept 2015 | £420,000 | 153 m² | £2,745/m² | 2 |
| 11, Grange LaneDetached | Jan 2021 | £500,000 | 145 m² | £3,448/m² | 1 |
| 12, Grange LaneDetached | Sept 2002 | £247,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 14, Grange LaneSemi-detached | Aug 2019 | £470,000 | 152 m² | £3,092/m² | 2 |
| 16, Grange LaneSemi-detached | May 2000 | £141,500 | 125 m² | £1,132/m² | 2 |
| 17, Grange LaneDetached | Jan 2021 | £425,000 | 131 m² | £3,244/m² | 1 |
| 18, Grange LaneSemi-detached | Apr 2022 | £545,000 | 138 m² | £3,949/m² | 4 |
| 19, Grange LaneDetached | Apr 2012 | £320,000 | 112 m² | £2,857/m² | 2 |
| 20, Grange LaneSemi-detached | Feb 1999 | £135,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 25, Grange LaneDetached | Nov 2020 | £575,000 | 209 m² | £2,751/m² | 4 |
| 26, Grange LaneSemi-detached | Aug 1997 | £132,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 30, Grange LaneSemi-detached | Dec 2016 | £365,000 | 172 m² | £2,122/m² | 2 |
| 32, Grange LaneSemi-detached | Apr 2000 | £150,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 36, Grange LaneSemi-detached | Jul 2007 | £356,000 | – | – | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Freshfield, a few minutes' walk (250 m), with 589k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Liverpool Central.
The nearest bus stop is Grange Lane, 150 m away, with a bus about every 60 minutes on weekdays (route F5); 12 departures an hour from the 11 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Trinity St Peter's CofE Primary School, about a 10-minute walk (850 m).
The closest top-rated primary is Freshfield Primary School (0.5 km), with 2 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Formby High School, 500 m away; Attainment 8: 54.3 · 17.6% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Iceland Foods, 1.1 km away, with Spar closer still (600 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Freshfield Surgery (300 m), with Ryders Chemist the closest pharmacy (250 m).
For a haircut, Barbers@No7 is 200 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Southport and Formby District General Hospital, 9.8 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 63% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 65% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 13 weeks).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 38 restaurants and cafés and 11 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
The Udder Guys is the closest café or restaurant (650 m), and Beer Station the nearest pub (200 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 60 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
It's a mix of homes: 21% flats and 28% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
The nearest park is Duke Street Park, 1.4 km away; for exercise, Formby Pool & Gym (1.1 km).
A swim is a short trip away: Formby, 3.3 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 4.9 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Liverpool John Lennon is 29 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 57 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 51% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 33% are 65 or over.
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.
26 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Tower House and Tower Grange | II | 140 m |
| Corner Cottage Lintion Cottage | II | 170 m |
Grade I and II* are the most important few per cent. Listing means consent is needed for most changes, inside and out. Contains Historic England data © Historic England 2026 (via planning.data.gov.uk), OGL.
Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
Sefton Central constituency: Bill Esterson MP (Labour), since May 2010. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 18,282 (38.5%), turnout 64%. Vote shares: Labour 56%, Conservative 18%, Reform UK 12%, Green Party 7%.
11 new homes, planning permissions and school changes on record within 2 km, plus energy projects, road works, storm overflows and major infrastructure. Everything changing near L37 7BR →
On this street: 0 of 12 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 0 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.6% | 0.9% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 1.0% | 0.2% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 85.0% | 93.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.4% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 9.4% | 5.9% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 4.2% | 0.2% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.
Nearest: Waterworld (Stoke-On-Trent) · about 70 min
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police.uk, 2025-09 to 2026-08. Crimes are mapped to the nearest of a set of anonymised points and labelled with that point's street, so busy roads and junctions collect crimes from nearby; the street has about 20 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.